Noel Gallagher was praised by Roger Daltrey for being such a ''loyal friend and loyal supporter'' of the Teenage Cancer Trust ahead of his concert on Saturday night (28.03.15).

The Who frontman came on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London before the Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds show to pay tribute to the former Oasis guitarist for always being willing to play for the charity - which aims to improve the treatment of 13 to 24 year olds fighting cancer.

Introducing Noel, Roger - who was joined on stage by several young people helped by the UK organisation - said: ''Coming on soon is a very loyal friend and loyal supporter. He's been involved from the first day, just as Paul Weller has and Kelly Jones. On in a few minutes Noel Gallagher.''

Noel and his band stepped on stage to a rapturous reception from the sell-out crowd and opened with 'Do The Damage'.

The musician's set was packed with tracks from his new number one album 'Chasing Yesterday' and highlights included 'Lock All The Doors', 'The Dying of the Light', 'You Know We Can't Go Back' and 'In the Heat of the Moment'.

Noel was joined on stage by a horn section and the Crouch End Festival Chorus, who accompanied him for several songs including 'Everybody's On The Run', 'If I Had a Gun...' and a stripped down version of Oasis classic 'Champagne Supernova' which prompted a mass sing-along from fans.

Although the set was mainly comprised of solo songs, the rocker did play a handful of tracks by his former band, including fan favourite B-side 'Fade Away' and 'Digsy's Dinner' - from the group's 1994 debut LP 'Definitely Maybe'.

At one point between songs one cheeky admirer approached the stage and asked Noel for his autograph, which prompted the 47-year-old singer to quip: ''Sign your ticket? I'm a bit busy mate at the moment.''

The group exited the stage briefly, whipping the crowd into a frenzied ''Noel, Noel, Noel'' chant before returning for their encore.

The rock superstar sent the audience delirious with a rendition of Oasis classic 'Don't Look Back in Anger' and followed it up with 'AKA... What a Life!' to cheers of delight.
Noel closed the concert with Oasis track 'The Masterplan' to which the crowd sang along with every word.

A number of famous fans were at the gig, including former 'Doctor Who' actor Matt Smith and Queens Park Rangers soccer player Joey Barton - who previously played for Noel's favourite team Manchester City.

Barton took his Twitter account during the show, posting: ''Masterplan... Wow... (sic)''

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played a set which drew heavily from new album 'Chasing Yesterday' at London's Royal Albert Hall last night (March 28) as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust Concert gigs.

After playing Oasis' 'Fade Away' early in the set, Gallagher pointed to the direction of the rest of the set by saying: "It's Saturday night, this is a bit more like it. I'm going to play you some new songs off my fucking brilliant new album."

He then played a trio of new songs: 'In the Heat of the Moment', 'Lock All the Doors' and 'Riverman'. The Royal Albert Hall was completely sold out for the performance, and the crowd were vocal in their support of Gallagher's new music. In response to one fan shouting that he loved him, Gallagher replied: "I love you too. Did you buy an album? Did you buy a t-shirt? Did you buy a programme? Then I love you. And my wife loves you. And my kids definitely love you."

Despite the focus on new material, Gallagher did play a handful of Oasis songs. As well as 'Fade Away', he also performed 'Champagne Supernova', 'Digsy's Dinner', 'Don't Look Back In Anger' and closed with 'The Masterplan'.

Support on the night came from Baltimore synth-pop band Future Islands, who played a short set which featured last year's NME Song Of The Year 'Seasons (Waiting On You)'.

The Who frontman Roger Daltrey, who has raised £20 million from concerts for Teenage Cancer Trust victims over the last 15 years, was on hand to introduce Gallagher and to explain how the money raised by the charity event is spent.

Noel Gallagher learnt good touring practise in Oasis, which he hopes will help him on his upcoming series of shows across the world.

The 47-year-old singer admitted his days touring with his former band have influenced his current gigging practise, as he knows he needs to behave to ensure his live show doesn't suffer.

Speaking to Absolute Radio's Pete Mitchell, he said: "So all the things that we should have avoided doing in Oasis, I can avoid those now and kind of keep all the good bits and try and somehow bring that into what I do.

"It's one of things where Oasis maybe suffered in that you've got to be on it from nine o'clock every night. That means you can't be still up shouting and singing Beatle songs off a balcony at five o'clock in the morning. You can't."

The Britpop musician made the comments shortly before taking to the stage with his band, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, at intimate London venue the Rivoli Ballroom where he performed an hour-long secret set for lucky Absolute Radio competition winners on Friday (27.03.15).

Performing stellar hits from their eponymous 2011 debut release including 'Everybody's On the Run' and 'Dream On', the band were celebrated by the audience of superfans who sang along to the well known tracks, and chanted the music icon's name between tracks.

Interjecting songs with some hilarious foul-mouthed audience interaction, Noel and his band were on top form with set highlights including pacey new single 'Ballad of the Mighty I' and 2011 single 'If I Had a Gun...'.

Despite vowing not to perform any Oasis songs during the set because, "a) I've got a f***ing album to sell, and b) you got in for f**k all," the performance culminated in a mass sing-a-long to fan-favourite 1995 B-side 'The Masterplan', providing the perfect conclusion to a gig showcasing the talents of one of Britain's most respected musicians.

Fans can listen to the full radio broadcast of the gig and interview on Sunday April 12 from 6pm on Absolute Radio. For more information head to www.absoluteradio.co.uk.

Below is the setlist from yesterdays Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert in London for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Do The Damage
Stranded On The Wrong Beach
Everybody's On The Run
Fade Away
In The Heat Of The Moment
Lock All The Doors
Riverman
The Death Of You And Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
The Ballad Of The Mighty I
Dream On
The Dying Of The Light
The Mexican
AKA... Broken Arrow
Digsy's Dinner
If I Had A Gun
Don't Look Back In Anger
AKA... What A Life!
The Masterplan

It’s a big weekend of fundraising for Pete McKee as the remainder of the limited edition prints for the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts go on sale tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.

Pete was asked by the Teenage Cancer Trust to create a collection of limited edition posters for this years shows for Noel Gallagher, The Who, Paul Weller and Stereophonics. Each print is limited to just 50 copies and signed by both Pete and the bands.

The prints are available exclusively from www.petemckee.com Please note they are not available in person from the gallery in Sheffield. They are A2 in size, priced at £120 each with all proceeds going to the Teenage Cancer Trust. There is also a limit of one print per customer.

28 March 2015

Noel Gallagher has admitted setting up his own Sour Mash Records label to launch his solo career cost him a "few million" pounds.

The 'Ballad of the Mighty I' singer established his Sour Mash Records label after leaving Oasis in 2009 and admits the costs were so high, he refused to tell wife Sara MacDonald the truth about his financial position for some time.

He admitted: "Everything I've done since I left Oasis has come from my own pocket.

"You've got to pay for the tour, got to pay for the wages and you don't really break even for about nine months.

"I don't mean I lost money. I mean I lost a f***ing s**t load of money. It was a few million, like.

"I had to lie to Sara at first, and when I eventually did tell her, she freaked out -- I mean freaked out.

"So I come out with, 'You know, a year ago, this happened... and she was like, 'What the f***ing hell did you do that for?'

"I said, 'I did it because I felt like I could and I didn't want to be signed to a record label, I wanted to do it myself'."

Despite putting himself in a precarious financial position for a while, Noel's gamble for artistic freedom paid off.

Noel insists he doesn't care about his chart positions or record sales because he knows music doesn't sell as much now as back in the hey day of Oasis.

He told Loaded magazine: "I don't worry about the music getting to number one or anything. I never have done really. Well, maybe I did between 1994 and '97, back when I wanted to rule the world.

"If it has got to the point where you're listening to it, it's got to the point where I'm happy with it.

"People aren't buying as many records as they were four years ago so sales are likely to decline, but it won't make it any less a record."

Noel Gallagher has responded to James Blunt's claims that people in the music industry tried to get him to change his accent so he sounded less posh.

He told Loaded “Posh people are alright. I have a lot of posh friends. But James Blunt doesn't get people’s backs up because he’s posh, it’s because he’s fucking shit.“What held him back is the fact he’s fucking rubbish. That’s shit about his accent, he sings in an American accent anyway. I don’t think there are too many posh people in the arts - I don’t think there’s enough working class in the charts.”

Noel also has no desire to be on social media.“It’s not for me, he says. “I have an Instagram account that I’ll be doing on tour. I do a tour blog as well for the website but nobody needs to know what colour socks I'm wearing or what I'm having for breakfast. For me, there’s not enough mystery in the world.

Noel Gallagher has told Loaded his selfie rules, they are only approach him if he's stood still and definitely not on a night out.

He said “If I’m walking somewhere and on the move, well sometimes I don’t want to be mithered, certainly not on a night out. If I’m standing still on the tube or in a shop or waiting for a cab, then alright, but not if I’ve got a pace on. It depends what mood I’m in. So some days I’m in a ‘No’ mood all day.” Got it. Basically only approach if stood still – but not on a night out. Some people are so f*cking rude though. Like this for instance – this just happened the other day, and even starting to tell you I’m getting wound up.”I sit back and get comfy on the sofa. Some f*cking Cockney dick second-hand car salesman said to me as I’m waiting for a taxi, ‘Excuse me mate, can you get a picture with my lad?’ So I’m looking round and I’m like, ‘Well, where is he?’ So he shouts to his wife and some little kid comes out dressed exactly the same as his fucking dad.“Well, this lad didn’t have a fucking clue who I was".

He added “This lad is looking at me backing away, clearly no f*cking idea. “Anyway, I put my arm around him and he takes the picture and as the guy is walking off he’s looking at the picture and says, ‘Yeah, you might want to try f*cking smiling next time’. I couldn’t quite hear what he said but there was another guy walking past and HE said, ‘That’s so f*cking rude!’“So I shout after him, ‘Oi! What did you say!?’ But he carries on walking. “He was lucky my wife wasn’t there that day. I’d have put him on his fat f*cking arse. Dick.”

Read the interview in full in the current issue of Loaded that's on sale now.

Noel Gallagher has said he received a barage of offers for him to go on reality shows after he left Oasis.

He told Loaded "When I left Oasis, there was a barage of offers for me to go on reality shows as everyone thought, ‘Well, he’s going to be unemployed now’. But I fucking can’t stand Strictly Come Dancing. I know Claudia Winkleman a bit and I saw her at a party and said to her, ‘What are you fucking doing that show for? You’re better than that.’ I don’t mind the jungle one (I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.) I like it if there’s a headcase on it. If Shaun Ryder’s on, yes. John Lydon, absolutely. Jordan and Peter Andre, not for me, ta".

27 March 2015

British Rocker Andy Bell Had Already Reformed His 1990s Band Ride Before Liam Gallagher Announced Beady Eye Had Split.

Bell first found success with the Leave Them All Behind hitmakers, but following their break-up in the mid-1990s he went on to work with Gallagher in Oasis and his later band, Beady Eye.

Gallagher announced in October (14) that he was disbanding the group, and Bell revealed the following month (Nov14) that he was reforming Ride, but now it has emerged he was already rehearsing with his former bandmates and preparing for their relaunch when Beady Eye split.

Bell tells Uncut magazine, "I knew Beady Eye was going to be on writing time, and this spring would be pretty free. I told the Beady Eye guys I wanted to do this. Later on, the news came though from Liam that he was calling it a day. So it meant that instead of being two weeks of gigs, it would be a little more."

The daughter of Courtney Love and the late Kurt Cobain is keen for the former Oasis star to play at her and fiancée Isaiah Silva's big day this summer because she was a huge fan of the group during her younger years.

A source told the Daily Star newspaper: "Oasis are the band Frances listened to while growing up. Her wedding day wish would be to have Noel to play an intimate acoustic set."

However, Noel might not be too keen on the gig if the 22-year-old artist's mother Courtney is at her nuptials as he recently admitted he once hid from the Hole singer when she visited Oasis in Los Angeles because he couldn't deal with her "rowdiness".

He explained: "I read an interview with her once and she said, 'I can't f***ing believe this. I know everyone in London and I've never f***ing met Noel - was he hiding from me?' And the answer is, 'Yes.'

"I was in a studio in LA and we were in the back recording [2005 Oasis album] 'Don't Believe The Truth'. And reception called us as said, 'Just to warn you - Courtney Love's just walked in.'

"I knew Liam was running around in reception and I thought, 'Brilliant, that's a f***ing meeting of minds right there.'

"I could hear her shouting, 'Where's Noel? I gotta meet Noel!' So I grabbed a cig, exited out the back door and went straight back to the motel and locked the door.

"I was like, 'I can't be dealing with her rowdiness - f***ing hell, no way.' But I applaud her."

Frances and Isaiah went public with their engagement in October 2011 and he previously admitted they are "each other's everything" and much prefer staying in and reading books or watching TV than going to a club.

He explained: "We're homebodies. We don't go out to clubs so you won't find us stumbling out of them with Lindsay Lohan. We stay at home, read books and watch 'Arrested Development'."

25 March 2015

Noel Gallagher has been asked by the new issue of Loaded will he go with Russell Brand's revolution or David Cameron, Nick Clegg or Ed Miliband's austerity in the upcoming General Election.

He said "Ed Miliband can go f*ck himself. As can f*cking Nick Clegg, as can Dave Miliband, honestly when I look at that guy, I would be nervous if he was running the country. I think he was put there by his party and his party are communists. I dunno, I don't get the Labour party at the minute. If Nick Clegg wants to become my butler, well he can do".

He added "Dave (David Cameron), he's just a Bullingdon boy isn't he? He's not one of us, he's one of them. And Russell's (Russell Brand) revolution? Hardly a viable opinion is it? I think I might vote for the most ludicrous thing on the ballot paper, I don't know what that be but it was a pirate last time".

Click here to listen or download the podcast here, an interview with Noel Gallagher starts after 12:00 minutes the concert after 31:00.

Do The Damage
Everybody's On The Run
In The Heat Of The Moment
Lock All The Doors
Riverman
You Know We Can't Go Back
Ballad Of the Mighty I
The Dying Of The Light
Dream On
The Mexican
If I Had A Gun
AKA What A Life!
The Masterplan

Noel Gallagher has been asked by the new issue of Loaded has he been to see 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' movie yet.

He said "I don't know. Is he a rapper? No. It's not for me. I'm aware of the book and the phenomenon but I have it from good authority from my wife it's a bag of s*ite. I thought there was a rapper called 50 Shades? I'd rather see him".

24 March 2015

This season Pretty Green have a dedicated Paisley collection featuring it's unique signature Paisley design across shirts, polos and t-shirts. The paisley pattern also features on some of it's key accessories, shoes and suit linings.

Artist McKee celebrates 15 years of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts with a series of special limited edition prints.

2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the first Teenage Cancer Trust unit opening and the 15th year of the charity’s legendary live shows at the Royal Albert Hall curated by The Who front man and charity patron, Roger Daltrey CBE.

To celebrate this, artist Pete McKee has created a series of screen prints of The Who, Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Stereophonics, who are all performing at this year’s fundraising concerts. Each print is limited to just 50 copies and are signed by the bands and Pete and will be sold with all proceeds going to Teenage Cancer Trust.

This is not the first time Pete McKee has created limited edition prints for a Teenage Cancer Trust show, in 2011 and again in 2013, Pete and Noel Gallagher worked on a set of limited prints all selling out within minutes.

Here is what Pete said about the project. ‘Getting the chance to work with my musical heroes and an incredible charity is a fantastic opportunity and a great honour. I’ve worked with Noel on a few projects for Teenage Cancer Trust and it’s always fantastic to see the fans’ response to the posters. It’s amazing to see them getting snapped up in a matter of minutes!’

Each print will be priced at £120 and available the morning after each band has performed exclusively from www.petemckee.com. Prints will be limited to one per customer.

Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere Vol 3: The Good, The Bad And The Bubbly:
So... I've been in Brussels for 2/3 days... can't remember now.

It's been fucking BORING I can tell you that...and raining, I can tell you that and all.

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of days off I get in Brussels. I reckon I've had more days off here than anywhere else in the world... Why? There is literally NOTHING to do here. Fuck all.

Shops full of cakes... Streets full of cunts with cameras... Shops full of cakes...and waffles.

Good job there was football on over the weekend...saying that, even THAT was boring too.

Did I mention the show in Utrecht? Seemed like quite a few English yobbos had made the trip. Must have been a UKIP away day or summit? Lairy bunch of fuckers. Great gig. Edgy!

The show here in Brussels was very, very good indeed. Loved it. The crowd seemed to be split into two camps: Bald fellas with glasses at the rear (clearly journalists!) and young kids (mainly girls!) down the front. Great show.

I'm off to Paris today for ANOTHER TV show then back to this throbbing metropolis of pastries and Polaroids for some radio show. I think then home for a week or so!!

As this leg of the tour has technically finished let me thank all of you what attended the shows.

It's been great I think. I will see you somewhere down the road. Probably in the summer at some festival or other?